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Meet the Dramaturgs 

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Lillian McDermott (Left) is the head dramaturg for Titanic. She is Junior Dramaturgy Major at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Lillian was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, loves webkinz and minecraft, and is a major Titanic the musical fan.

Madelyn Streisfeld (Right) is the assistant dramaturg for Titanic. She a sophomore pursuing a BXA in Dramaturgy and Neurobiology at CMU. She's from South Florida, loves brunch, and never misses an episode of Saturday Night Live.

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lmcdermo@andrew.cmu.edu

412-419-4099

@lillymac530

Dramaturgy Advisor TJ Young is a playwright, dramaturg, and associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University 

mstreisf@andrew.cmu.edu

954-632-4880

@madelynstreisfeld

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Titanic: The Musical [Ensemble Edition]

Carnegie Mellon University

School of Drama

Spring 2025​​

Dramaturgy by Lillian McDermott; Asst. Madelyn Streisfeld;

Advisor TJ Young

Story & Book by Peter Stone
Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Orchestrations by Ian Weinberger
Director Telly Leung 

Asst. Director by Seth Coppens
Music Director Michael McKelvey

Choreographer Tomé Cousin

Dialect Coaches Gary Logan/Lisa Velten-Smith

Production Manager Emily Carleton

Asst. Production Manager Allison Schneider

Stage Manager Kelsey Harlow

Asst. Stage Managers Lauren Dursky/Reigh Wilson

Asst. Music Director/Rehearsal Accompanist Eli Strain

Music Consultant/Rehearsal Accompanist Catie Brown

Music Contractor George Hoydich

Keyboard Programming Robert Neumeyer

Entertainment Technology Center Lobby Display Collaboration With:

Producer Sarah Wille

Producer Yifei (Fay) Li

UX/UI Designer Anna Kim

Hardware Engineer Jasmin Ali-Diaz

Narrative Designer Devika Santosh

Technical Artist Ruzhang (Jim) Zhao

Scenic Designer Sebastian Zavalza

Project Managers Selina Wang/Nick Wylie

Job Lead Nick Wylie

Props Manager Todd Kulik

Props Coordinator Kristin Ward

Scenic Charge Artist Beth Zamborsky

Lead Scenic Artist Janelle Mosovosky

Scenic Fabrication Asst. Sonja Meyers

 

Costume Designer Olivia Curry

Asst. Costume Designers Tianyu Lei, Sydney de Haan

Costume Shop Manager Tiia Torchia Lager

Draper Brandon Eridan

First Hand Jeremy Pitzer

Accessories/Crafts Caifeng Hong/Carrie Anne Huneycutt

Wardrobe Supervisor Jen Marks

Asst. Wardrobe Supervisor Kendall Swartz

 

Lighting Designer Madeline Miller 

Asst. Lighting Designers Julie Adams/Delaney Price

Lighting Manager Gemma Tait

Asst. Lighting Managers Joshua Egolf/Dean Thordarson

Lighting Programmer Logan Donahue

Lead Lighting Tech Samuel Greco
 

Sound Designer Steve Shapiro

Sound Engineer Sarah Oberg

Asst. Sound Engineer Jessica Williams

Sound Mixers Zach Brown/Emily Brunner

Run Crew:

Nyree Binns, Queenie Chen, Felix Eisenberg, Liam Gillen, Emily Guo, Rachel Laurence, Genie Li, Andy Moats, Suri Noelle, Michaela Plummer, Sophie Pollono, Nia Rodriquez, Arkida Saiwai, Catcher Sanchez, Christian Trimmingham, Sara Oberg

Cast:

Anna Bakun
JP Berry
Siggy Bijou
Max Braunstein
Matthew Diston
Jack Ducat
Ted Guzman
Sean Hodges
Liz Leclerc
Janessa Minta
Ella Noriega
Hudson Orfe
Grant Pace
Matty Palmer
Marco Porras
Carlwell Redmon
Greyson Taylor
Tripp Taylor
Noah Van Ess
Mackenzie Wrape

Orchestra:

Conductor Michael McKelvey

Keyboard Eli Strain

Violin Patrick Forsyth

Viola Maija Anstine

Cello Paige Riggs

Bass Mitch Fleischman

Percussion Pat O’Donnell

Special Thanks from the Costume Department

Goodspeed Musicals

Penn State University

Pittsburgh Public Theater

West Virginia University

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